No. Presidents have been sworn in using the Bible or similar book while taking the Oath of Office. John Quincy Adams used a law book, and Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when he succeeded William McKinley in 1901. Lyndon Johnson used a Catholic missal aboard Air Force One after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
There has never been a US president who was a practicing Moslem, so the Koran has never been used to swear in the President.
It means the person won the election but they have not yet been sworn into office. Barack Obama won the election so he is currently President-elect but he cannot yet take any official actions as President. He will be sworn in on January 20, 2009 at which point he officially becomes President and assumes all the powers and responsibilities of that office.
Theoretically, yes. Notaries have the authority to administer oaths within their state of commission. Since the president is always sworn in at the White House, only a Notary Public of the District of Colombia could swear him in. The presidential oath has only been administered once by a notary, for Chester Arthur, by his father who was a notary public. However, there was some debate as to whether or not a state notary had the authority to swear in a federal official, and so the oath was readministered by the chief justice upon Chester Arthur's return to Washington. So the issue has never been really established, but in theory, since a notary has authority to administer oaths within his or her state for any purpose, the president could be sworn in by a notary.
no=so far dere hasn't been any elections n tat da candidate hasn't become president=
* They confirm the President's appointments, * They have the power to impeach the President, * They can override a Presidential veto, * The President cannot make any law that has not been passed by them
A person who has been vice president can be president for more than eight years. However, the longest time that he or she can be president is a total of 11 years.
I'm not aware that any Senators have been sworn into office on a coopy of the Koran. However, Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota was sworn into office on a Koran, because he is Muslim.
Lyndon Johnson was sworn in office on Air Force One, but I do not know of any presidents sworn in out of the U.S.
Dateline January 23, 2013Barack Obama has been sworn in for the second time as the President of the US.
The first task of any president is to take the oath of office and be sworn into service as president.
It means the person won the election but they have not yet been sworn into office. Barack Obama won the election so he is currently President-elect but he cannot yet take any official actions as President. He will be sworn in on January 20, 2009 at which point he officially becomes President and assumes all the powers and responsibilities of that office.
No approval is needed. He is sworn in by any court official and becomes the president.
Not sure if this counts, since it was on the ground at the time, but Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on the President's aircraft.Technically, it was not Air Force One until he was sworn in as AF1 is not the name of the aircraft, but the call sign of any airplane carrying the President of the United States.
No, he did not. That was Keith Ellison, a US Representative from the state of Minnesota - elected in 2006. He made news by choosing the Koran over the Bible for his swearing in. But Barack Obama is a Christian, and when he was sworn in as president, he used the famous Lincoln Bible during the ceremony.
If any US President were to die during their term of office, then the US Vice President would be sworn in as President.
No. He must resign any other offices before he is sworn in as President. He can run for President while he holds another office.
In an attempt to smear Barack Obama it has been reported that he swore in on a Qur'an. This has been part of a larger attempt to demonize Obama among those who fear Muslims. The story is a complete fabrication. Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison is the congressman who swore in on the Qur'an. Barack Obama is a Christian, and he took the Oath of Office on a Bible. During his presidential inauguration, he swore in on the Bible that Abraham Lincoln used for his first inauguration in 1861.
A president is sworn to uphold and defend the constitution of the US therefore he should never approve any law that would be a violation of that constitution.